Installing Samsung SCH-3500 Key Pad

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It is possible to remove the keypad after disassembly of the battery, antenna, back cover, and logic board. Once these parts are removed, the keypad should simply slide out from its placement between the logic board and the front cover.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Battery  ¶ 

  • Turn Samsung SCH3500 around so that the back is facing you. Depress locking tab on the back of the phone with a finger or thumb.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Slide battery toward bottom of the phone, ~1/4 inch, to clear the hooks that keep it secured to the back of the phone.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Lift battery away from phone case.

  • The battery is now removed from the device. Congratulations.

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Add Note Edit Step 4 — Antenna  ¶ 

  • Grasp antenna firmly and rotate counterclockwise to unscrew it from the phone.

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • When unscrewed, pull the antenna straight up and out.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Pull guide tube free from its retaining ring and slide it out the top, like the antenna (optional).

  • The antenna and its guide tube are now removed from the phone. Congratulations.

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Add Note Edit Step 7 — Back Cover  ¶ 

  • Remove the four screws using a T6 Torx screwdriver.

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • Work from the bottom of the phone, separating the two halves of the case.

  • Note: Take care to keep the logic board with the front case half. Part of the logic board is exposed to the sticker under the battery on the rear case half.

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